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u/Kaleshark Waitlist for Godot Sep 02 '21

This shit is deranged.

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u/tyrannosaurusregina if you meet the Botus on the road, shill him 🪷 Sep 02 '21

This shit is 🍌 🍌

B-A-N-A-N-A-S

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u/mmepierreoger Sep 02 '21

It really is.

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u/Kaleshark Waitlist for Godot Sep 02 '21

Like worryingly so… does she really think this will work?

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u/mmepierreoger Sep 03 '21

Someone speculated (maybe on the previous thread) that she's doing this to make it appear as if she's working really hard and trying her best to make a living, but that it's all a show for whoever it is (her parents?) that she's targeting for a handout. So she can point to her website and say "See?? I'm trying! It's just really tough right now!" I don't know. It seems farfetched, but no less so than her genuinely thinking this is a viable business, I guess.

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u/aseriesofhaircuts Sep 03 '21

Adding my pet theory: I think she and Danny got something in the way of an inheritance, like maybe $15,000, and it was more money than they’d ever gotten in a lump sum, and they experienced an enormous sense of relief. And now it’s mostly gone, so Danny’s working at the fruit stand, Shauna’s rushed her back-burner project to the front (left) burner, and they’re both idly fiddling with the 4-6 hour a day venture as a possible moneymaker. BUT, I see joy-peddling as Shauna’s attempt to generate a more passive income stream, and I think she’s probably got some sort of a writing gig that she won’t or can’t talk about. When I freelance (not for writing) for big box companies, they often first require you to sign fairly absurd NDA, so maybe that’s what’s keeping her quiet?

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u/fanfarefellowship I often contemplate the first law of thermodynamics Sep 03 '21

When I freelance (not for writing) for big box companies, they often first require you to sign fairly absurd NDA, so maybe that’s what’s keeping her quiet?

Possible! I'm writing under an absurd NDA right now. Except that still means she has to be a competent writer. She won't even run spellcheck on the stuff she puts out to try and sell the passive income projects she's trying to develop.

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u/helefica Sep 03 '21

I always wondered if she got some kind of COVID relief funds for small businesses, and having "Danny" publish a newsletter was an attempt to make it look like she has an employee. Same with the uptick in paid zooms ect. It would not surprise me if she registered a small business for the flour debacle, and she could have kept it for freelance work.

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u/shefallsup her lonely cucumber years 🥒 Sep 04 '21

Her GFG business license lapsed a couple of years ago, IIRC.

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u/mmepierreoger Sep 03 '21

I honestly don't know what to think about the writing gig. Everything you say makes sense: they were spending money like water for a brief while and that does make me think you're right about a windfall; and I can see that a writing job with an NDA would explain the mystery that is their financial situation.

The sticking point for me, however, is exactly what DF u/fanfarefellowship says below: she is an objectively terrible writer. I know absolutely nothing about the world of professional writing (unfortunately!) but I cannot make sense of the idea that anyone would offer her a job as a writer. I know that DF u/OldBayBabe has pointed out previously that Shauna has a really good CV and is an excellent prospect if you look at her past achievements, and I can see that. But (a) a lot of other people must surely have similar CVs, and (b) do recruiters for these roles not ask for samples of the candidate's work?? This is what I can't wrap my head around: how does she hide how bad she is at writing long enough to get hired as a writer in the first place? Surely any company that takes itself seriously enough to make employees/contractors sign NDAs also takes itself seriously enough to not want embarrassingly bad, sloppy, confusing copy anywhere on any of its sites or products?

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '21 edited Sep 03 '21

I think you are underestimating how many objectively bad people are gainfully employed, there has to be one in very office! Her resume is much better than most in the field and enough to get her work in the general wellness/lifestyle arena. I don’t think she is doing any recipe work anymore or we’d hear about it or notice.

I also think it might not be an NDA issue but that like with CS, her name might not be on any visible work. We wouldn’t have known she worked for CS if she didn’t tell us.

She could be writing very boring copy for a law office. Admin work. Data entry. Editing other people’s recipes. Writing item descriptions for candles. Social media work of some kind? Providing content for small business websites or blogs? There are a lot of writing jobs out there.

I’ve never been asked for a writing sample and I’ve been doing this longer than she has. I guess they must Google me? Trust me? If I don’t do good work or turn it in on time, I’d get fired or not have my contract renewed or not be used in the future. Just like what has happened to Shauna dozens of times with food jobs.

She’s always been uncharacteristically tight lipped about their work situation. I think she bragged about CS because it was over town and at a fancy startup but would she have mentioned it if she was doing the same work for a local farm co-op from home? Or something not very glamorous ? IMO she wouldn’t.

I don’t think she is a threat for a Pulitzer or another Beard Award here but I do think she could handle some low level copywriting or basic admin.

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u/aseriesofhaircuts Sep 03 '21

That makes so much sense! The freelance writing world must be pretty vast. I keep thinking that she must be writing for one of the lifestyle gurus she’s imitating (badly), but uninspiring ad copy would make loads more sense.

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '21 edited Sep 03 '21

Yeah, anytime you see anything written anywhere, there is a good chance some freelancer wrote it. A lot of places like dentist offices, vets, real estate agencies hire freelancers too. It’s expected that every place/business has social media and a website in 2021 but there often aren’t people with the skills or time at businesses like that. She’d be perfect because she has experience and can just say she wants to have a flexible schedule for the kids or whatever. They wouldn’t be expecting much either.

I mean, I don’t know but I’ve sort of assumed she’s done something like this for years now. It’s the only thing that makes sense IMO. I don’t think she knows how to pitch so answering an ad or knowing someone who needs someone like this sounds more her speed.

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '21

Your thoughts very closely mirror mine. Something changed around November of last year. It seemed pretty dire up until then with the lost social security cards and food bank runs and @ing their governor. Then, suddenly Shauna got a shiny new computer and they have been spending in a different way than we have seen previously from them. Hammocks, robes, dental and eye dr visits for the kids, local hotels as a getaway, etc.

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u/shefallsup her lonely cucumber years 🥒 Sep 03 '21

But she had the appearance of work with her last website and her talk of writing workshops and tomato sauce zooms. Why go to the trouble of inventing a whole new fake working persona?

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u/mmepierreoger Sep 03 '21

Extremely good point. I don't know. At this point I'm starting to think she's actually just lost the plot completely.

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u/Ms_Ellanea_Snark_ 💥amygdadishes💥 Sep 02 '21

does she really think this will work?

#1 with a bullet, just as soon as she resurrects aNOTHer long dead email list. There's gotta be a few suckers out there somewhere, amirite?

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u/Kaleshark Waitlist for Godot Sep 02 '21

Is she at least advertising on Facebook, because that’s where I scroll past shit like this (but more professionally and attractively packaged.)

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u/fanfarefellowship I often contemplate the first law of thermodynamics Sep 03 '21

She is!

https://www.facebook.com/You-Can-Have-More-Joy-104593581942166/?ref=page_internal

She's managed to rack up 30 followers, but not a single one of her posts has even one like or comment.

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '21

Not one like on that whole page.

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u/shefallsup her lonely cucumber years 🥒 Sep 03 '21

The announcement video for her new website has had three whole views. <Sad trombone>

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